Swallowing is one of those natural instinct type of things for most people. I see it as sort of in the same category with blinking your eyes. Most people have to concentrate to keep themselves from swallowing saliva even for a few minutes. Try it! Try NOT swallowing for just five minutes. Use the kitchen […]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009Caden continues to do great. His activity level continues to increase and as well as the frequency of smiles. The following picture was captured today while Caden was entertaining himself with a little musical instrument. The above picture does show some indications of one of Caden’s largest problems which is a very itchy rash that […]
A firm heart surgery date has been set for October 15th. I say firm date because that is the date that we have reserved on the schedule. There is a slim chance that we may get the surgery done on September 22nd, however that date is dependent on the surgical load of the doctor leading […]
There has not been any excitement in a while and we are not complaining about that fact either. However, today brought a little excitement to us with a short visit to MUSC. I must start off by saying that this was the smoothest ER visiting at MUSC ever. Â And we have had our share […]
It has been a couple of busy weeks for us as I am sure it has for you. I wanted to take a moment to share the results of the Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) done two weeks ago today. The short version of the story is to say that the MBS showed no signs of […]
It looks like we are finally on for an upper esophagus sphincter (UES) dilation. Caden is scheduled to report to the main MUSC operating room area at 9:10 am Friday morning. The procedure is scheduled to begin at approximately 11AM tomorrow. This is really an outpatient procedure, but the cardiologist want Caden in the main […]
The ENT procedure that was planned for Tuesday has been rescheduled for Friday, December 14th. The MBS will be scheduled for the following Monday the 17th of December. The operating room was booked up for Tuesday of this week and we were unable to get Caden on the schedule on such short notice after the […]
Answered Prayer Caden had his six month cardiology check up today. The appointment came complete with an EKG and an echo cardiogram. The results of the visit seemed to surprise the cardiologist and it lifted a huge weight off of our shoulders. Sherry and I both had trouble sleeping last night. The past few weeks […]
This is Caden’s Page and not Josiah’s page just in case you were wondering. Much fuss has been given to Josiah in recent weeks, but business is picking up for Caden. During the month of October we will see more specialist in one month than Caden has seen in over a year. This week we […]